For a truly strange activity in Beunos Aires, I can recommend the free guided tour of Recoleta Cemetery, the final resting place of Evita. My trusty "rough guide" describes it as a city within a city, only one where the residents are dead. And they weren´t kidding...
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| it´s all a bit too visable |
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| The final resting place of Evita. |
What happened to Evita´s body after she died sounds less of a dignified resting in peace, and more like a tasteless sequel to "Weekend at Bernies". Soon after she died, her body was preserved by her family. Then it was taken by the Military rulers. Eventually it was handed back in the 1970s, after ending up in Italy. The body had been mistreated, she had scars, her nose broken and tar was on her feet (maybe to stand her up). You can see the damage on the bronze below.
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